Happy Caturday!
I hope you had a fabulous week. I love summertime in the Pacific Northwest—we had a little rain, a little sunshine, and it hasn’t been over 80 degrees once. 🙂 It won’t last, but that’s okay too.
Last week’s snippet was pretty intense, so I thought I’d lighten things up a little this week. A few hours after Phil cut his hang-out time with Lee short, he goes out into the backyard and sees a sheet of paper flapping in the breeze. Technically, this is only 8 sentences because there’s no period after Lee signed his name…
Hey Phil,
Thanks for letting me see your pictures. You’re an amazing photographer.
My band’s playing Sunday night. It’s not as amazing as pictures of a hummingbird using spiderwebs to build a nest, but I hope you’ll come to Backspace around 8 anyway. I’ll leave your name at the door so you won’t have a cover.
See you!
Lee Redding
Phil tried to remember if Lee said what kind of band he played in, but he’d been too distracted by the way his T-shirt stretched across his shoulders and the skin peeking through holes in the knees of his jeans.
Thanks for reading!
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Charley Descoteaux 
oh this is lovely, Charley. What a sweet letter 🙂
Thanks, Joelle! *hugs*
I’m distracted by those holes too. Very nice!
Oh, bless Lee for trying again! I hope Phil can cope with going…
Charley, you have to stop creating people so real that I worry about all week until the next snippet—or write ’em faster. 😉
“worry about them”
(slinks off to work on her proofing skillz)
I’d apologize, but it wouldn’t be sincere. Well, okay, I don’t want to give you worry lines, but I can’t seem to write any faster. (And about proofing, that’s why we love editors, yeah? :))
Thanks for commenting, Sarah! *hugs*
Nice. So easy to visualize the scene & understand what he’s feeling.
What a wonderful letter. A lot of feeling in this snippet.
Who wouldn’t want a letter like that?! Loved it, another excellent excerpt!
It looks promising. Adventure ahead. 🙂 Good 8!
I love his attitude – never give up on something good. Great snippet, Charley. 🙂
Your dialogue sounds very natural and flows easily. It’s a pleasure to read.